In 2014, @gavofyork wrote that entrusting data to organizations is a fundamentally broken model. The @Web3Foundation's Hidden Price of Free research put numbers on exactly how broken. The average American generates $6,563 in data-derived commercial value every year. None of it goes to them. The services feel free. The cost is invisible, but not absent. What would hosting look like if the business model did not depend on knowing who is using it? We are building the infrastructure that would make a different kind of digital future possible. One built around agency, privacy, and user control.

There have only been a couple of times in my life when I entrusted others to manage my money—mostly early on, when I was inexperienced looking for guidance and looking for someone to get me rich. In hindsight, I’m actually grateful for those lessons. They forced me to take full control of my financial future. What I learned from those mistakes ultimately made me thousands of times what I lost. But not long ago, I made a similar mistake. I placed trust in @loukerner to be both a friend and competent in a space I was exploring. While crypto performed exceptionally well (tripling in price), the results from the SPAC he pitched were quite the opposite to the tune of an 85% loss. Fortunately, the investment was a tiny test position simply because we were "friends." Unfortunately, not everyone I know was as cautious. 99.999% of my money is managed personally—and that’s exactly how I like it: in the best hands I know… my own. My suggestion to you is: learn how to invest and self-direct your capital. Why? Because no one cares about your money or your future like you do.

Whenever a nurse makes a mistake, they hear: “You’re entrusted with people’s lives. Have some responsibility.” Fair point. But expecting them to carry the “weight of a life” for just over ¥200,000 a month? That’s truly irresponsible.